Readings on the Paradiso of Dante : chiefly based on the commentary of Benvenuto da Imola

by: Vernon, William Warren, 1834-1919

Publication date: 1900

Topics: Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Paradiso, Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Travel, Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Itineraries, Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321, Paradiso (Dante Alighieri), Travel

Publisher: London ; New York : Macmillan

Collection: americana

Digitizing sponsor: Google

Book from the collections of: Harvard University

Language: English

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2 volumes ; 20 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

v. 1. Preliminary chapter: The cosmography of Dante. Classification of the spirits in Dante's Paradise. The immeasurable extent of Paradise. Date when Paradiso was written. The beauties of the Paradiso. Time references in the Paradiso. Dante's own life and experiences, and Tuscan illustrations. Giotto's portrait of Dante in the Bargello. Dante's itinerary through Paradise. List of authors and of editions quoted. (v. 1, p. lxxvii-c) Text, translation, and commentary: canto I-XV.--v. 2. Text, translation and commentary: canto XVI-XXXIII. Index